Some folks have inquired about potential Virginia Tech offensive coordinator candidate Chuck Long's reputation as a recruiter. Well, after some investigation, it turns out he had fairly marginal results on the recruiting trail during his short recent stint at Kansas, but the guy sure was busy.

Long was hired Dec. 2009 to be former Kansas coach Turner Gill's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in Lawrence. Gill and his staff would remain at Kansas for two seasons before being replaced this past season by Charlie Weis.

In his two years at Kansas, Long wasn't responsible for picking up many big name recruits, but he was asked to cast a pretty wide net. He recruited in Kansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, New Jersey and Utah, according to the Rivals.com recruiting website.

Among recruits listed by Rivals.com as either top 50 at their respective positions coming out of high school, or top 50 junior college prospects, Long picked up two of eight such players he was in charge of recruiting.

Of course, let's not forget Kansas isn't exactly a magnet for football talent. Getting top level recruits to become Jayhawks is a challenge for even the most skilled salesman.

Before getting too deep into his most recent efforts recruiting at Kansas, it's important to note Long's greatest achievement as a recruiter came during his final year as offensive coordinator at Oklahoma - a spot far more attractive to elite recruits than Kansas.

He was able to get a commitment for Oklahoma's '06 recruiting class from Sam Bradford, who was considered one of the nation's top 25 quarterback prospects in the '06 class by most recruiting analysts, but who wasn't getting much interest from Oklahoma's coaching staff until Long insisted Bradford became a priority. Of course, all Bradford did was earn a Heisman Trophy after Long left Oklahoma in Dec. '05 to become the coach at San Diego State.

At San Diego State, the going was not surprisingly tough on the recruiting trail. In his three seasons as coach ('06 to '08), Long never had a team finish better than 4-8, and never had a recruiting class finish better than 63rd in the nation in the eyes of the top recruiting services.

In Long's two years at Kansas, Brandon Bourbon, a native of Potosi, Missouri, was arguably the best recruit Long had involvement with and who signed with the Jayhawks. Bourbon was considered by most recruiting analysts to be among the nation's top 110 running backs coming out of high school in the class of 2010.

Long worked with Kansas running backs coach Reggie Mitchell to get Bourbon, who committed a month-and-a-half after Long's arrival. Bourbon, who had 12 carries for 41 yards this season at Kansas, turned down scholarship offers from Notre Dame, Stanford, Missouri, Vanderbilt, Kansas State and Brigham Young.

Long was also technically credited with picking up junior college quarterback Quinn Mecham from Ephraim, Utah and wide receiver Andrew Turzilli from Butler, N.J. in the '10 class, but both players actually committed to Kansas prior to Long's arrival. Long took over their recruitment as part of the new staff.

Long was also technically Kansas' man on Wichita, Kansas native Joseph Randle, but Randle committed to Oklahoma State two months before Long got to Kansas. Randle was considered one of the nation's top 25 running backs or top 45 athletes, depending on how the various services categorized him.

Among the '11 class signees, Long's best pickup was Brock Berglund, a Highlands Ranch, Colorado native who was considered one of the nation's top 30 quarterbacks. He originally committed to Colorado, but Long swayed him to Kansas.

Berglund also had offers from Boise State, Kansas State, UCLA, Washington, Utah, Minnesota and others. He has since transferred from Kansas to North Texas.

Long was also responsible for the recruitment of signees Luke Luhrsen, a Wheaton, Ill. native who was considered one of the nation's top 70 offensive guards, and Bryan Peters, a La Mirada, Calif. native looked upon by analysts as one of the nation's top 100 offensive tackles, for the '11 class.

Long teamed with former Kansas offensive line coach J.B. Grimes, who is also a former Tech offensive line coach, on the recruitment of Peters. He turned down offers from Florida State, Boston College and Colorado State. Luhrsen also had an offer from Louisville.

The highest profile prospect Long actually had a chance to recruit was Bubba Starling, a Gardner, Kansas native who was considered one of the nation's top 10 athletes or top 10 quarterbacks in the '11 class, depending on how services categorized him.

Kansas was among Starling's final five schools in consideration, but he narrowed his list to Nebraska and Notre Dame before signing with the Cornhuskers.

It turns out all the football recruiting efforts for Starling were pointless. He was also a hot outfield prospect in baseball, and ended up signing a $7.5 million signing bonus with the Kansas City Royals after being the No. 5 overall selection in the '11 Major League Baseball first-year player draft.

Long also missed out on getting defensive tackle Maurice Couch from Garden City, Kansas. He chose Tennessee after being considered one of the nation's top 10 junior college prospects in the '11 class.

While Long could certainly excel as a recruiter in a new atmosphere and given new high school coaches to deal with, but his track record doesn't indicate anything spectacular as a recruiter, other than an apparent willingness to turn over rocks in a lot of different far-flung locales. Then again, he doesn't appear to have been the point man on many of Kansas' most coveted recruiting targets, other than Starling.